DANIEL MARTIN, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

1828

ty for the time being, who shall pay the said fine into the
treasury at such time as is now directed by law.

CHAP. 12.

CHAP. XII.

An Act to regulate the meeting of the Orphans Court of
Anne Arundel County.

Passed Jan 28,1829

Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Ma-
ryland, That from and after the passage of this act t shall
not be lawful for the orphans court of Anne-Arundel coun-
ty to meet oftener than once a month, except at the time of
holding the county courts.

To meet once a

month

Sec. 2. And be it enacted, That the said court shall meet
on the third Monday of every month, and at each erm of
the county court, and shall sit, for the transaction f busi-
ness, from nine o'clock A. M. until three o'clock P.M. and
that the sessions of said court shall not at any time exceed
three days, except at the time of holding the county courts
of said county, when the said orphans court may sit during
the whole term of said county courts, if necessary, for the
transaction of business.
Sec. 3. And be it enacted, That all acts or parts of acts
that are inconsistent with, or repugnant to, the provisions

Time of meet-

ing

Repeal

CHAP. XIII.

An Act to divorce Luke Ensor, of William, and Rachel
his Wife, of the City of Baltimore.

Passed Jan 31,1829

Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Ma-
ryland, That the marriage contract between Luke Ensor,
of William, of Baltimore city, and Rachel his wife, be and
the same is from henceforth and forever, absolutely annulled
and declared to be void, to all intents and purposes, as if the

Marriage annull-

ed

Sec. 2. And be it enacted, That one half of the money
arising from the sale of the property devised to Rachel En-
sor, by Darby Ensor her father, be paid over by the execu-
tor of Darby Ensor to Rachel Ensor, and the remaining
half be put out at interest by the said executor, for the be-
nefit of her child, when it shall arrive at the age of twenty-
one years, and the interest thereon to be paid to the said
Rachel Ensor as the guardian of said child, and for the sup-
port of the same.

Property devised

to R. Ensor to be

paid over to her

Sec. 3. And be it enacted, That in case of the death of
the child before its arrival at the age of twenty-one years,
then the money which was to have been the child's, to be-
come the property of the mother, who is hereby entitled to
the custody and guardianship of the child.

In case of death
of child, property

to go to mother